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vinyl chloride

vinyl chloride noun: a colourless gas, CH₂=CHCl, used in the manufacture of the plastic polyvinyl chloride.

Noun

vinyl chloride (uncountable)

  1. A colourless gas, CH₂=CHCl, used in the manufacture of the plastic polyvinyl chloride

Words formed from vinyl chloride

  • VCM
  • vinyl chloride disease

Questions about vinyl chloride

What does vinyl chloride mean?
Vinyl chloride means a colourless gas, CH₂=CHCl, used in the manufacture of the plastic polyvinyl chloride.
What part of speech is vinyl chloride?
Vinyl chloride is a noun.

Words near vinyl chloride in the dictionary

  1. vinyerd
  2. vinyerds
  3. vinyl
  4. vinyl acetate
  5. vinyl bromide
  6. vinyl chloride
  7. vinyl composition tile
  8. vinyl composition tiles
  9. vinyl cyanide
  10. vinyl fluoride
  11. vinyl halide

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